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But before his death the troubled teen had recorded a harrowing 93-minute police interview cataloging his ordeal.

His testimony from beyond the grave helped put paedophile Ismail behind bars for 18 years.

Now more than six years after the tragedy an inquest is finally being held into the youngster's death.

I was scared of him. I just did what I was told

Aaron Leafe

Chesterfield Coroners Court heard Aaron was first taken into care just before his twelfth birthday.

He had become increasingly difficult for his mother to control and was regularly picked up by police.

Aaron was diagnosed with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and later with Asperger's Syndrome, a form of autism.

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Anwar Ismail was jailed for abusing Aaron

After he began starting fires in the family's home in Nottingham he was taken into care and spent time time at two homes in the city.

But the following year, 2007, he was sent to the Woodland Retreat in Leicester where Ismail became his key care worker.

It was shortly after his arrival that the paedophile began grooming the new resident.

In 2013 Leicester Crown Court was told he had pursued Aaron even after he was sacked in 2008, for causing the boy an arm injury while restraining him.

During the trial Aaron's police interview was played to the jury, in which the teenager told officers how he was groomed from age 12.

On it Aaron said: "Anwar always pressured me into having sex with him. I didn't want to do it.

"He gave me money. He got me a flat. He let me drive his car.

"He bought me cigarettes and cannabis. I was scared of him. I just did what I was told. That's why I did it."

He eventually found the courage to make a police complaint in May 2010, but killed himself six weeks later.

Prosecutor Mary Prior told a judge Aaron left a note saying: "I can't get over what happened with me and Anwar. I hate him so much."

Ismail, who was 31 at the time, was found guilty of two counts of sexual activity with a child, three of child abduction, a rape and sexual activity with a child, when Aaron was between 14 and 15, between 2009 and 2010.